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Housing & Welfare Advice Worker vacancy – November 2025

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Housing & Welfare Advice Worker’s post

The Manna Day Centre is a drop-in Centre for homeless and vulnerably housed single men and women. It is run by a team of project workers, under the Director, who are responsible for its smooth operation. Basic Services offered include food, showers, clothing, housing & welfare advice, medical care, and access to laptops. The Centre opens to service users 7 days a week, 8.30am– 1.30pm. The working week for this post is Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm each day.

Housing & Welfare Advice Workers must have a commitment to homeless people, which includes acceptance and respect. Responsibilities are shared among the team according to needs, skills and aptitudes. The annual salary is negotiable (depending on your experience) ranging from £31,746 to £36,678. Benefits include a pension scheme, travel loans and 25 days annual leave (plus time in lieu of bank holidays worked).

Those applying for this post should have:

  • Experience providing housing and welfare advice with a focus on clear, supportive communication
  • Confidence in handling a busy and varied caseload, including complex casework
  • Comfort working with people facing homelessness or housing difficulties
  • A kind, non-judgmental, and person-centred approach

An application form can be downloaded from HERE

A Job Description can be downloaded from HERE

A Person Spec can be can be downloaded from HERE

Vision & Ethos can be downloaded from HERE

 The closing date for this post is Friday 21st November 2025

Interview date: 09/12/2025

Volunteer driver needed for Harvest pickups

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At Harvest Festival time (mid-September to the end of October) we do about 40 pickups from churches and schools. The Harvest donations we pick up account for about 70% of our foodstuffs for the year. If you or anyone you know of has a clean driving licence, is happy to drive a transit van and is free weekdays during the Harvest Festival period, we would b e delighted to hear from them.

Please ring Paddy on 0207 357 9663 option 3 or drop an email to mail@mannasociety.org.uk.

Many thanks.

Senior Housing & Welfare Advice Worker’s post – July 2025

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Senior Housing & Welfare Advice Worker’s post

The Manna Day Centre is a drop-in Centre for homeless and vulnerably housed single men and women. It is run by a team of project workers, under the Director, who are responsible for its smooth operation. Basic Services offered include food, showers, clothing, housing & welfare advice, medical care, and access to laptops. The Centre opens to service users 7 days a week, 8.30am– 1.30pm. The working week for this post is Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm each day.

The Senior Housing & Welfare Advice Worker must have a commitment to homeless people, which includes acceptance and respect. Responsibilities are shared among the team according to needs, skills and aptitudes. The annual salary is negotiable (depending on your experience) ranging from £33,775 to £41,359. Benefits include a pension scheme, travel loans and 25 days annual leave (plus time in lieu of bank holidays worked).

Those applying for this post should have:

Ability to manage a team

Housing & welfare advice experience

Experience of undertaking housing & welfare casework                                 

Ability to prioritise and manage a busy caseload.

Experience of working with homeless & vulnerably housed people.

The closing date for applications for this post is Wednesday 23rd July, followed by interviews on Wednesday 30th July 2025.

An application form for this post can be downloaded HERE

A Job Description can be downloaded HERE

A Person Spec can be downloaded HERE

01/07/2025